THE Young University Rankings 2020: millennial universities

France tops list of universities founded in 21st century

June 24, 2020

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**Browse the THE Young University Rankings 2020 results**

France has consolidated its position as the leading nation for the world’s youngest universities, according to the latest Times Higher Education data.

The country takes the top three spots in the THE list of the best “millennial” universities – institutions founded since the year 2000. Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris and Sorbonne University are once again ranked first and second, while the University of Paris joins in third following a merger last year.

Overall, 15 French universities feature in the list, reflecting the recent restructuring of the country’s higher education system.

The rest of the top 10 is dominated by universities elsewhere in Europe: the University of Luxembourg (fourth), Belgium’s University of Antwerp (fifth), Germany’s University of Duisburg-Essen (sixth), Finland’s Aalto University (eighth), Austria’s Medical University of Graz (ninth) and Medical University of Vienna (10th). The only non-European country in this group is South Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) at seventh place.

The table, which was compiled for the fourth time this year, is a subset of the THE Young University Rankings, which lists the best universities that are 50 years old or younger. Overall, 88 universities feature in the list.

The Young University Rankings are based on the same metrics as the THE World University Rankings. But the weightings are recalibrated to reflect young universities’ missions, with less emphasis on reputational surveys and more on factors such as research productivity, staff-student ratios, institutional income and doctoral education.

Millennial universities: the full list

Millennial rank	Institution	Country/region	Foundation year	Teaching	Research	Citation impact	Industry	International	Overall score
1	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris	France	2010	71.1	75.6	77.0	52.2	78.7	74.3
2	Sorbonne University	France	2018	62.2	49.4	79.9	38.4	69.2	63.6
3	University of Paris	France	2019	58.9	41.4	88.3	35.6	66.6	62.5
4	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2003	49.8	53.1	75.8	45.2	99.7	62.2
5	University of Antwerp	Belgium	2003	44.8	62.8	75.8	72.2	69.6	62.0
6	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany	2003	43.9	46.6	91.8	71.6	60.0	61.0
7	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	South Korea	2009	35.7	56.0	91.3	80.5	51.9	60.8
8	Aalto University	Finland	2010	47.8	49.1	76.7	48.3	82.3	59.5
9	Medical University of Graz	Austria	2004	40.7	37.3	91.7	62.1	74.2	58.0
10	Medical University of Vienna	Austria	2004	42.8	32.3	90.3	53.0	78.8	56.8
11	Alfaisal University	Saudi Arabia	2002	26.0	31.7	95.0	50.4	98.1	54.4
12	Tampere University	Finland	2019	33.3	48.6	81.8	52.6	49.3	54.1
13	Medical University of Innsbruck	Austria	2004	40.4	21.0	89.1	51.5	93.9	53.5
14	Macau University of Science and Technology	Macao	2000	35.2	32.1	83.0	34.8	99.6	53.4
15	Auckland University of Technology	New Zealand	2000	24.5	25.6	98.0	36.7	95.8	52.6
16	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	United Kingdom	2002	21.0	29.5	100.0	34.4	77.7	51.8
=17	Khalifa University	United Arab Emirates	2007	36.5	48.7	54.0	100.0	95.4	51.4
=17	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	31.1	34.0	85.3	70.5	59.7	51.4
=19	Cyprus University of Technology	Cyprus	2004	23.0	24.4	98.0	35.3	72.0	49.9
=19	Grenoble Alpes University	France	2016	41.2	37.4	69.7	36.0	59.9	49.9
=21	Aix-Marseille University	France	2012	50.1	29.8	67.1	36.8	60.5	49.6
=21	IMT Atlantique	France	2017	44.7	41.0	53.1	91.6	75.2	49.6
23	Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	India	2008	37.3	19.2	100.0	36.2	18.0	49.2
24	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	India	2009	43.1	34.9	77.1	39.9	19.7	49.0
=25	University of California, Merced	United States	2005	22.3	31.7	95.3	38.0	42.4	48.9
=25	Montpellier University	France	2015	43.5	33.8	67.1	37.3	61.6	48.9
27	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	2004	32.7	41.4	70.1	36.8	55.0	48.3
28	University of Côte d’Azur	France	2015	37.7	24.5	68.5	40.4	83.2	46.4
29	University of Bordeaux	France	2014	36.8	29.3	66.8	36.4	58.4	45.2
=30	Aswan University	Egypt	2012	15.9	12.6	100.0	34.4	44.6	38.0–43.7
=30	Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC)	France	2015	28.7	19.3	71.1	38.6	52.3	38.0–43.7
=30	CentraleSupélec	France	2015	36.6	29.3	48.9	60.9	81.8	38.0–43.7
=30	Charles Darwin University	Australia	2003	26.1	36.3	51.4	45.2	81.1	38.0–43.7
=30	Covenant University	Nigeria	2002	35.7	21.2	78.4	43.8	26.2	38.0–43.7
=30	Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées	France	2014	30.6	27.1	60.6	37.0	63.0	38.0–43.7
=30	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune	India	2006	40.7	28.3	54.1	35.1	21.5	38.0–43.7
=30	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	India	2008	27.8	17.0	76.0	45.1	28.0	38.0–43.7
=30	King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences	Saudi Arabia	2005	39.8	11.5	67.1	35.8	68.5	38.0–43.7
=30	North-West University	South Africa	2004	26.6	25.0	69.9	41.1	43.3	38.0–43.7
=30	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)	Malaysia	2002	19.3	18.0	81.4	38.0	30.3	38.0–43.7
=30	University of the West of Scotland	United Kingdom	2007	18.2	20.6	76.8	35.0	74.6	38.0–43.7
=42	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	India	2003	33.7	24.0	47.7	82.5	46.2	32.8–37.9
=42	Asia University, Taiwan	Taiwan	2001	22.0	49.6	23.0	100.0	34.1	32.8–37.9
=42	University of Clermont Auvergne	France	2017	24.2	14.0	57.0	38.0	61.8	32.8–37.9
=42	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	India	2008	35.2	16.7	52.9	35.8	17.1	32.8–37.9
=42	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	India	2008	32.9	26.6	52.4	39.4	17.7	32.8–37.9
=42	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	25.2	37.9	42.5	40.4	69.2	32.8–37.9
=42	Kafrelsheikh University	Egypt	2006	16.9	11.5	67.4	38.0	47.1	32.8–37.9
=42	University of Lorraine	France	2012	27.9	18.7	61.3	37.3	61.6	32.8–37.9
=42	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Malaysia	2002	21.8	17.8	62.4	35.7	28.0	32.8–37.9
=42	Shiraz University of Technology	Iran	2004	31.5	30.3	46.6	47.9	16.7	32.8–37.9
=42	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Japan	2005	31.6	23.5	54.6	38.4	26.2	32.8–37.9
=53	Benha University	Egypt	2005	19.7	11.2	54.6	35.6	42.5	28.6–32.7
=53	Beni-Suef University	Egypt	2005	19.5	11.0	60.8	34.4	45.9	28.6–32.7
=55	Edge Hill University	United Kingdom	2006	19.8	15.3	33.1	34.4	42.4	24.5–28.5
=55	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	India	2006	37.1	16.0	28.5	35.4	17.2	24.5–28.5
=55	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	India	2008	23.4	12.5	41.9	34.7	15.4	24.5–28.5
=55	Karabük University	Turkey	2007	24.4	11.5	39.2	34.4	30.6	24.5–28.5
=55	Normandy University	France	2015	22.1	17.0	38.8	35.8	53.3	24.5–28.5
=55	University of South Wales	United Kingdom	2013	21.5	13.7	27.9	34.9	64.0	24.5–28.5
=55	Technological University Dublin	Republic of Ireland	2019	20.0	18.9	32.9	35.1	73.0	24.5–28.5
=55	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2004	19.2	10.5	42.9	36.1	43.2	24.5–28.5
=55	Wuhan University of Technology	China	2000	24.1	17.9	40.8	53.8	23.1	24.5–28.5
=64	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	20.9	14.5	32.7	36.0	39.3	20.6–24.4
=64	Federal University of ABC (UFABC)	Brazil	2006	20.8	17.4	24.1	35.8	33.4	20.6–24.4
=64	Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University	Saudi Arabia	2009	27.8	11.6	15.3	34.8	73.2	20.6–24.4
=64	KIIT University	India	2004	22.5	16.9	25.9	59.5	15.9	20.6–24.4
=64	University of Manouba	Tunisia	2000	25.7	11.3	24.5	34.4	41.1	20.6–24.4
=64	Szent István University	Hungary	2000	22.0	15.7	17.8	35.4	40.1	20.6–24.4
=64	TOBB University of Economics and Technology	Turkey	2003	20.8	16.7	23.4	35.3	24.9	20.6–24.4
=64	Tomas Bata University in Zlín	Czech Republic	2001	24.5	25.7	12.6	37.2	42.0	20.6–24.4
=64	University of Tunis El Manar	Tunisia	2000	33.6	14.5	18.3	34.5	40.8	20.6–24.4
=73	Acıbadem University	Turkey	2007	29.2	12.9	7.5	34.8	19.8	16.3–20.5
=73	Amity University	India	2005	20.5	13.4	18.8	35.8	18.8	16.3–20.5
=73	Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA)	Brazil	2008	27.1	15.7	12.9	34.4	18.0	16.3–20.5
=73	Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region	Brazil	2005	36.6	11.4	1.7	34.4	14.0	16.3–20.5
=73	University of Hradec Králové	Czech Republic	2000	21.6	15.9	12.7	34.7	33.1	16.3–20.5
=73	University of Hyogo	Japan	2004	22.0	17.9	10.4	46.4	18.5	16.3–20.5
=73	University of Monastir	Tunisia	2004	27.3	12.9	12.5	34.4	43.2	16.3–20.5
=73	National University of Kaohsiung	Taiwan	2000	18.0	24.0	6.1	38.6	25.5	16.3–20.5
=73	Siberian Federal University	Russian Federation	2006	23.1	17.8	6.8	60.5	29.0	16.3–20.5
=73	Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan	India	2007	25.4	11.8	19.9	34.7	13.1	16.3–20.5
=73	University of South China	China	2000	25.4	14.1	10.9	38.3	14.7	16.3–20.5
=73	SRM Institute of Science and Technology	India	2002	21.6	11.8	18.1	34.6	18.1	16.3–20.5
=85	Federal University of Technology – Paraná	Brazil	2005	20.1	13.5	8.6	37.3	19.3	13.9–16.2
=85	Government College University Lahore	Pakistan	2002	18.7	13.7	5.7	34.4	35.3	13.9–16.2
=85	Istanbul Medipol University	Turkey	2009	16.7	13.9	10.8	35.9	20.9	13.9–16.2
=85	University of Sargodha	Pakistan	2002	15.6	12.5	10.5	34.4	39.5	13.9–16.2